Pest Management Mission

As your lawn and ornamental management specialists, we are responsible for the coordination of your integrated pest management (IPM) program outdoors. This implies that we will first see to the provision of adequate cultural controls (irrigation, nutrition, and cultivation) to strengthen your landscaping. Then, as a last resort, we will apply deadly force (chemical pesticides) only to those pests who would presume to attack it.

What does this mean?

In the not too distant past, it was widely accepted that regularly scheduled general pesticide applications, applied over virtually all plants or lawns, were the most effective pest control for lawns and ornamental plants. Over the decades however, this method gradually manifested catastrophic drawbacks.

Being insufficiently biodegradable, many common pesticide chemicals began to show up in ground water supplies, plants, animals, and at other points along the ecological cycle. This situation wreaked havoc upon beneficial predator insect populations, which are an essential component of integrated pest management, and honeybees, which are critical toward 94% of successful crop pollination. With the decrease of natural enemies and honeybees, generations of pests perpetuated virtually without natural controls while agricultural production was depleted.

Further exacerbating the problem, the only survivors of blanket pest control applications would be the most genetically immune. Their descendants would inherit this immunity and subsequently pass it on to the next generation, quickly creating entire populations of improved genetically immune pests.

Armed with this information, our priorities involve the establishment of proper cultivation (weeding, pruning, mowing, raking) and irrigation (water delivery) so plants and lawns can make maximum use of nutrition taken from natural (soil, rain, atmosphere) and artificial (fertilizer) sources. Because these cultural controls are effective, few pest problems requiring chemical treatment are found during our routine inspections.

Nonetheless, we never shoot first and ask questions later. For example, if numerous beneficial predator insects are found, we hold our fire. Other mitigating factors might involve the presence of children, nesting birds, active honeybees, aquatic environments, or high winds.

Never forget that because plants are alive, they have health. Our lawn and ornamental integrated pest management (IPM) program is successful because it always prioritizes the good health of the landscaping over the application of chemical pesticides.

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Transport Plants and Sod

From intense winds dragging debris across a field to flooding, grass and plants alike may need to be replaced. Due to its convenience and quickness, sod is very popular in West Palm Beach, not to mention more aesthetically pleasing. It also weighs a ton. Same goes for trees and big shrubs.

Monitor Recovering Plants

Thankfully, not all plants absolutely require replacement. However, they are likely to have undergone some damage and stress. Weakened plants that further neglected don’t last long in West Palm Beach. From applying formula to preempting pest infestations, lawn care professionals have a lot they need to consider when tackling these plants.

Know If a Plant Should Be Replaced

Of course, before monitoring or replacing turf or plants occurs, one has to make a decision to replace it or not. From torn bark to destabilized roots and even stuck within the tree, there’s a number of factors that need to be weighed, including the client’s budget and immediacy of the project.

Renew Flowerbeds and Berms

Flood and winds don’t just move plants, but soil and mulch too. Berms and other elevated plots can be flatted while sunken flowerbeds may be filled. From selecting a soil consistent with the plant’s needs, to replanting said foliage, West Palm Beach lawn care professionals generally also consider if a landscape should be redeveloped or redesigned. After all, insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

De-Clog Drainage Pipes

Plants aren’t the only part of a landscape that has a hard time of it. There’s also the question of West Palm Beach’s multitude of stunning hardscapes, many of which are equipped with drainage pipes to help ensure the area doesn’t become a virtual pool. However, with debris in the mix many pipes need to be examined, run with a solution, and perhaps snaked.

Reslant the Yard

Typically, West Palm Beach yards are slanted to encourage water to drain into sewers and dugouts. While rare for a lawn to actually become de-slanted by a storm, it has happened before due to debris and the like. Undertaking such a project is no small matter. Often the yard needs to be lifted and much of the turf replaced.

Swift Storm Recovery

Almost every year some storm-wrecked properties suffer far longer than they need too. Why? The Queue. West Palm Beach lawn care professionals often prioritize steady clients and those who give advanced contact. Of course, emergencies count for something and we do our best to help everybody that requests our service. Still, any lawn care organization can field only so much teams, specialists, and equipment. Don’t be last in line! Call O’Hara Landscape at 561-655-9011 or message at our website OharaLandcape.com and find out how our lawn care services keep West Palm Beach beautiful.

Since 1973, O'Hara Landscape and Maintenance Inc. has been providing reliable landscape beautification to thousands of residents in community associations and commercial properties in West Palm Beach and Palm Beach County Florida.

O'Hara Testimonials

Rick Walker

The landscape guys came, walked me through what was exactly wrong and explained to me what needed to be done. They were informative and patient with me. I will continue to use this company and look forward to building my dream landscape with them!